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Monday, April 6, 2015

I Have a Confession...

After reading Confess by Colleen Hoover, I was inspired to do a bookish confessions post! If you haven't read this book yet, I strongly urge you to do so. It is quite unique and the artwork and confessions are one of the best parts of it. The confessions, especially, added a rich element to the story.And here are mine!1. I posted this one on Twitter but wanted to share it again on here. Sometimes I only read books because I know I'll finish them quickly. I do this especially with ARCs. By now, since I've read so much, I can usually tell by page number or location on my kindle how long a book is going to take me to finish. And if it's especially less than 3,000 location, I know it's going to take me a few hours at the most. So I read them, and I get them done quickly enough to move onto the next book, and sometimes they're not even ones I'm that excited to read. Isn't this a little sad?2.I will use anything as a bookmark so I don't have to dog-ear a page or flip the book over to keep my spot. Some fun things I've used before: birthday card, pen, and another book. Literally anything I have beside me at the time.3.I hate it when a series' name is the same as the first book in it. Shatter Me, Throne of Glass, Legend. Grrr, it bugs me to no end! Besides, I think coming up with names for book series is quite fun. We can do better, people!4.I'm rarely ever reading only one book at a time. I bounce back and forth between books A LOT. I think I have ADD for reading. Unless a book has got me so immersed in the world and the story, I'll probably set it down many times throughout the day and most likely start another one.5.I have so many books in my room that, when I finally got a shelf and was organizing it, I couldn't remember if I'd read some of them or not. Yeah, I'm totally being serious here. I STILL don't know if I put some of them on the right shelves...6.I have a really, really hard time saying no to those kindle daily deals. Even if I've read the book or it's at the library. That handy one-click button is going to be the death of me.7.Even if I haven't read the book and own it, if there's a cool edition of it, I WANT it. I.e. Fangirl. I have the pretty red cover, and I want the original greenish one, and I'm pretty sure there's a new one coming. But guess what? I still haven't read the book, which means I don't even know if I like it yet. (Guys help, these are too awesome. Tell me I don't need them).

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Heh, this is all I can come up with! I thought I'd have more... Anyway, I think it's time for YOU guys to confess. So, lay it on me. What secrets are you hiding from us all? :)

7 comments:

First of all, you absolutely need those other editions of Fangirl because it's an amazing book, I also need those special editions. I confess that I'm the same way with your #1, I do that all the time! If I know it's going to be a short easy book to read I'm more likely to read it. That's also one reason I love contemporary books. =)I also confess that sometimes if I really really love a book I won't finish it because I don't want it to end and then it just sits on my shelf...

Hahhah I do #1 allll the time. Mainly because I am having a strange one-sided competition with Goodreads. #5.... um, yes. I have lost count of how many books I have. I do know that I have no space. Also yes to #6. I should unsubscribe to the damn email, because I need them! It's so dumb. And smart of Amazon. #7.... Le Sigh. Because I need ALL the Hunger Games editions. ALL.And I only have TWO sets right now. That's even worse than Fangirl because it is THREE extra books for no reason. I have my eye on the funky UK ones right now.

As for my own weird stuff? So much! Where do I even begin? Well, I am pretty sure I am a book hoarder. I don't really ever rate a book 5 stars unless I cry (but I have a lot of 5 star books, so you do the math). I am sure I have more. I'll sleep on it ;)

Haha, these are great! I also use random things for bookmarks but try if possible to use a bookmark.

Hm...I'm trying to think of something to confess. Perhaps that I mostly buy books I've first read at the library or kindle deals. Then I buy books I know I'll reread. I have limited budget for books, but that's changing. I've started buying more books before I've read them, but still not too often.

Oh, I am SO guilty of #s 1-4 and #6. I love that you wrote down #1 because I do that all the time! If I'm really tired one night, I'll choose a book based on its length or how fast I think I'll read it. Or I'll do it to "get it out of the way" (which sounds terrible). I used to read only one book at a time, but now I'm usually at 2 or 3.

Haven't read Confess, but the first thing I thought of was that Usher song. :P

I actually want to get emails from Amazon about their kindle deals, because I never seem to find them :P AND HAHAHA YOU SHOULD BUY ALL THE EDITIONS OF FANGIRL. I liked it a lot so that means you should too. yay.

I love these Holly! I am so with you on alot of these too! #1 and 3 especially! My bookish confession would be that I have more UNREAD books on my bookshelf than I have READ. LOL. As in... ALOT more. Rofl. I really need to start reading my own books!

I actually thought about doing like this too! Hoping to make it a series post! ALL of your confessions are ones I can relate to! I had to stop going to amazon, especially after getting my store card! LOL

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I'm Holly, the blogger behind The Fox's Hideaway. I love to read, write, play video games, and Netflix. I spend way too much time binge-watching TV shows I never finish, procrastinating life, and disappearing into the pages of a book for hours on end. I started this blog as a way to give myself a creative outlet for writing and talk books with people who "get" it. And it's since become one of the biggest passions I have, and it humbles me that you're here and reading this short little paragraph right now. I hope you'll stick around as I rant and rave and stumble through adulthood. :D

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